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Chance

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033810
MRDS ID M020457
Record type Site
Current site name Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21942, 40.78346 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF BULLY HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 003W 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21942, 40.78346
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PORPHYRY ON HANGING WALL, QUARTZITE ON FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 32.376HA
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 53.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS NO. 10 - 12 , CALIF. STATE MIN. BUR., PG. 9

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT. 14 , PG. 764

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY CONSISTING OF HEAVY GRAYISH SULFIDES-SIMILAR TO BULLY HILL ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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